fix(relink): never delete or link over a skill gstack does not own (#2119)

gstack-relink runs on every ./setup. Its cleanup did `rm -rf` on any same-name
entry whose SKILL.md was a symlink, with no readlink check, and its link step
did `mkdir -p` then `ln -snf` onto any existing SKILL.md — on Linux that
replaces a user's real file with a symlink into gstack (macOS refused by
accident). setup's Windows mode-flip cleanup deleted any real dir whose name
matched a gstack skill. A personal `qa` skill, or a fork installed under
another path, was destroyed by the installer of a tool it never asked for.

Ownership is now proven, never assumed. An entry is ours when it is a symlink
resolving into INSTALL_DIR or RENDER_DIR, a real dir whose SKILL.md is such a
symlink, or a real dir carrying the .gstack-owned marker setup now writes for
Windows copy installs (legacy copies count when byte-identical to the source
or carrying gen-skill-docs' AUTO-GENERATED header). Anything else — including
an entry whose readlink fails — is foreign: left untouched, reported on
stderr, and listed in relink's summary line. The same rule replaces setup's
Windows name-match deletion; setup:1040 and gstack-uninstall:204 already
gated on readlink, so this closes the last unguarded deleter of the class.

Tests: foreign real dir in flat mode, foreign flat entry on a prefix flip,
foreign directory symlink, RENDER_DIR-targeted entry (ours), marker-carrying
copy (ours), marker-less copy (foreign); the Windows cleanup test now proves
provenance three ways and keeps the user's own same-name skill.

Idea and two regression cases from PR #2119 (@smblight); implemented on the
destination entry, not only the symlink target.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Garry Tan
2026-09-03 01:18:18 +00:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5.1
parent 17733302cc
commit 584c2a44fb
4 changed files with 212 additions and 13 deletions
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@@ -42,12 +42,70 @@ PREFIX=$("$GSTACK_CONFIG" get skill_prefix 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
# every skill back to the canonical (blockless) source.
RENDER_DIR="${GSTACK_USER_RENDER_DIR:-${GSTACK_HOME:-$HOME/.gstack}/render/claude}"
# Helper: remove old skill entry (symlink or real directory with symlinked SKILL.md)
# ─── Ownership gate ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# relink runs on every ./setup and used to `rm -rf` any same-name entry with a
# symlinked SKILL.md and `ln -snf` over any existing SKILL.md — so a user's own
# skill that happened to share a name (a personal `qa`, a fork under another
# path) was deleted or had its SKILL.md replaced by a symlink into gstack
# (#2119; Linux replaces a real file with `ln -snf`, macOS refuses by accident).
# setup:1040 and gstack-uninstall:204 already gate on readlink; this is the
# same rule for the one remaining unguarded deleter.
#
# An entry is OURS when:
# - it is a symlink resolving into $INSTALL_DIR or $RENDER_DIR, or
# - it is a real dir whose SKILL.md is a symlink resolving into either, or
# - it is a real dir carrying the .gstack-owned marker setup writes for
# Windows copy installs (no symlinks there to read).
# Anything else — a foreign symlink, a real dir with a real SKILL.md and no
# marker, or an entry whose readlink fails — is FOREIGN: never deleted, never
# linked over, reported on stderr.
_target_is_ours() {
# $1 = a path that readlink resolved; ours when it lives under our roots.
case "$1" in
"$INSTALL_DIR"/*|"$RENDER_DIR"/*) return 0 ;;
*) return 1 ;;
esac
}
_entry_is_ours() {
local entry="$1" dest
if [ -L "$entry" ]; then
dest="$(readlink "$entry" 2>/dev/null || true)"
[ -n "$dest" ] || return 1
_target_is_ours "$dest"
return $?
fi
if [ -d "$entry" ]; then
[ -f "$entry/.gstack-owned" ] && return 0
if [ -L "$entry/SKILL.md" ]; then
dest="$(readlink "$entry/SKILL.md" 2>/dev/null || true)"
[ -n "$dest" ] || return 1
_target_is_ours "$dest"
return $?
fi
return 1
fi
return 1
}
FOREIGN_SKIPPED=()
_report_foreign() {
echo " skipped $1: not a gstack-managed entry (foreign skill with the same name) — left untouched" >&2
FOREIGN_SKIPPED+=("$1")
}
# Helper: remove an OLD skill entry from the opposite prefix mode. Only entries
# we can prove are ours are removed; anything else is reported and kept.
_cleanup_skill_entry() {
local entry="$1"
[ -e "$entry" ] || [ -L "$entry" ] || return 0
if ! _entry_is_ours "$entry"; then
_report_foreign "$entry"
return 0
fi
if [ -L "$entry" ]; then
rm -f "$entry"
elif [ -d "$entry" ] && [ -L "$entry/SKILL.md" ]; then
elif [ -d "$entry" ]; then
rm -rf "$entry"
fi
}
@@ -100,6 +158,14 @@ for skill_dir in "$INSTALL_DIR"/*/; do
esac
fi
target="$SKILLS_DIR/$link_name"
# A destination that already exists and is NOT ours is a foreign skill that
# shares our name. Never `ln -snf` over its SKILL.md (on Linux that replaces
# a real file with a symlink into gstack) and never mkdir into it — skip
# loudly and leave registration of that one name to the user.
if { [ -e "$target" ] || [ -L "$target" ]; } && ! _entry_is_ours "$target"; then
_report_foreign "$target"
continue
fi
# Upgrade old directory symlinks to real directories
[ -L "$target" ] && rm -f "$target"
# Create real directory with symlinked SKILL.md (absolute path)
@@ -124,3 +190,6 @@ if [ "$PREFIX" = "true" ]; then
else
echo "Relinked $SKILL_COUNT skills as flat names"
fi
if [ ${#FOREIGN_SKIPPED[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Skipped ${#FOREIGN_SKIPPED[@]} foreign entr$( [ ${#FOREIGN_SKIPPED[@]} -eq 1 ] && echo y || echo ies) (not gstack-managed, left untouched): ${FOREIGN_SKIPPED[*]}"
fi
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@@ -960,6 +960,10 @@ link_claude_skill_dirs() {
_skill_md_src="$_render_dir/$dir_name/SKILL.md"
fi
_link_or_copy "$_skill_md_src" "$target/SKILL.md"
# Ownership marker for Windows COPY installs (#2119): there is no symlink
# to readlink, so gstack-relink and the mode-flip cleanup below prove
# provenance by this marker instead of by name.
if [ "$IS_WINDOWS" -eq 1 ]; then : > "$target/.gstack-owned" 2>/dev/null || true; fi
# Link every runtime asset the skill ships next to its SKILL.md (#2317,
# #2454): sections/ for carved skills, review's checklist.md +
# specialists/, qa's templates/ + references/, gstack-upgrade's
@@ -1062,10 +1066,13 @@ cleanup_old_claude_symlinks() {
fi
done
# Windows install pattern: real dir with real-file SKILL.md (no symlink
# available, so we can't readlink to verify provenance). Iterate known
# gstack skill names from "$gstack_dir"/*, so a name match plus IS_WINDOWS
# is safe to treat as gstack-managed during a mode flip. When the payload
# is gone this branch is a no-op — a real file has no proven owner.
# available, so we can't readlink to verify provenance). A bare name match
# deleted a user's own same-name skill (#2119); ownership is now proven by
# the .gstack-owned marker link_claude_skill_dirs writes, or — for copies
# made before the marker existed — by the copy being byte-identical to the
# gstack source SKILL.md or carrying gen-skill-docs' AUTO-GENERATED header
# (every generated SKILL.md does; a hand-written skill does not). Anything
# else is foreign and is left alone.
if [ "${IS_WINDOWS:-0}" -eq 1 ] && [ -d "$gstack_dir" ]; then
for skill_dir in "$gstack_dir"/*/; do
if [ -f "$skill_dir/SKILL.md" ]; then
@@ -1074,7 +1081,10 @@ cleanup_old_claude_symlinks() {
case "$skill_name" in gstack-*) continue ;; esac
old_target="$skills_dir/$skill_name"
if [ -d "$old_target" ] && [ ! -L "$old_target" ] \
&& [ -f "$old_target/SKILL.md" ] && [ ! -L "$old_target/SKILL.md" ]; then
&& [ -f "$old_target/SKILL.md" ] && [ ! -L "$old_target/SKILL.md" ] \
&& { [ -f "$old_target/.gstack-owned" ] \
|| cmp -s "$old_target/SKILL.md" "$skill_dir/SKILL.md" \
|| grep -q 'AUTO-GENERATED from SKILL.md.tmpl' "$old_target/SKILL.md" 2>/dev/null; }; then
rm -rf "$old_target"
removed+=("$skill_name")
fi
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@@ -672,3 +672,105 @@ describe('gstack-patch-names (#620/#578)', () => {
expect(content).toBe('# qa\nSome content.');
});
});
// ============================================================
// Ownership gate (#2119): relink runs on every ./setup and must never delete
// or link over a skill it does not own. Ownership = symlink into INSTALL_DIR
// or RENDER_DIR, a real dir whose SKILL.md is such a symlink, or the
// .gstack-owned marker setup writes for Windows copy installs.
// ============================================================
describe('gstack-relink ownership gate (#2119)', () => {
const FOREIGN = '---\nname: qa\ndescription: my own qa skill\n---\n# not gstack';
function relink(env: Record<string, string> = {}): string {
return run(`${path.join(installDir, 'bin', 'gstack-relink')} 2>&1`, {
GSTACK_INSTALL_DIR: installDir,
GSTACK_SKILLS_DIR: skillsDir,
...env,
});
}
function setPrefix(v: 'true' | 'false') {
run(`${path.join(installDir, 'bin', 'gstack-config')} set skill_prefix ${v}`, {
GSTACK_INSTALL_DIR: installDir, GSTACK_SKILLS_DIR: skillsDir,
});
}
test('flat mode: a foreign real dir with a real SKILL.md is never linked over (Linux ln -snf would replace the file)', () => {
setupMockInstall(['qa', 'ship']);
// The foreign skill exists before gstack ever runs (gstack-config `set`
// auto-relinks, so fixtures go in first).
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'qa'));
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'), FOREIGN);
setPrefix('false');
const out = relink();
const md = path.join(skillsDir, 'qa', 'SKILL.md');
expect(fs.lstatSync(md).isSymbolicLink()).toBe(false);
expect(fs.readFileSync(md, 'utf-8')).toBe(FOREIGN);
expect(out).toContain('skipped');
expect(out).toContain('Skipped 1 foreign entry');
// The other skill still links normally.
expect(fs.lstatSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'ship', 'SKILL.md')).isSymbolicLink()).toBe(true);
});
test('prefix flip: a foreign flat entry sharing a skill name survives the cleanup pass', () => {
setupMockInstall(['qa']);
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'qa'));
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'), FOREIGN);
setPrefix('true');
const out = relink();
expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'))).toBe(true);
expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8')).toBe(FOREIGN);
expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'gstack-qa', 'SKILL.md'))).toBe(true);
expect(out).toContain('skipped');
});
test('a foreign directory symlink sharing a skill name is left in place', () => {
setupMockInstall(['qa']);
const elsewhere = path.join(tmpDir, 'elsewhere', 'qa');
fs.mkdirSync(elsewhere, { recursive: true });
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(elsewhere, 'SKILL.md'), FOREIGN);
fs.symlinkSync(elsewhere, path.join(skillsDir, 'qa'));
setPrefix('false');
const out = relink();
expect(fs.lstatSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'qa')).isSymbolicLink()).toBe(true);
expect(fs.readlinkSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'qa'))).toBe(elsewhere);
expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(elsewhere, 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8')).toBe(FOREIGN);
expect(out).toContain('skipped');
});
test('an entry whose SKILL.md links into RENDER_DIR is ours and is cleaned on a mode flip', () => {
setupMockInstall(['qa']);
setPrefix('false');
const renderDir = path.join(tmpDir, 'render', 'claude');
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(renderDir, 'qa'), { recursive: true });
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(renderDir, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'), '---\nname: gstack-qa\ndescription: rendered\n---\n');
// Stale prefixed entry from a prior prefix-mode run, pointing at the render.
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'gstack-qa'));
fs.symlinkSync(path.join(renderDir, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'), path.join(skillsDir, 'gstack-qa', 'SKILL.md'));
const out = relink({ GSTACK_USER_RENDER_DIR: renderDir });
expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'gstack-qa'))).toBe(false);
expect(fs.readlinkSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'))).toBe(path.join(renderDir, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'));
expect(out).not.toContain('skipped');
});
test('a real-file copy carrying the .gstack-owned marker (Windows install shape) is ours', () => {
setupMockInstall(['qa']);
setPrefix('false');
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'gstack-qa'));
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'gstack-qa', 'SKILL.md'), '---\nname: gstack-qa\n---\n');
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'gstack-qa', '.gstack-owned'), '');
const out = relink();
expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'gstack-qa'))).toBe(false);
expect(out).not.toContain('skipped');
});
test('a real-file copy WITHOUT the marker is foreign and survives', () => {
setupMockInstall(['qa']);
setPrefix('false');
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'gstack-qa'));
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'gstack-qa', 'SKILL.md'), FOREIGN);
const out = relink();
expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(skillsDir, 'gstack-qa', 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8')).toBe(FOREIGN);
expect(out).toContain('skipped');
});
});
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@@ -259,21 +259,39 @@ describe.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('setup: cleanup_old_claude_symlink
}
});
test('Windows real-file leftover is removed when the payload still names it', () => {
// #2119: a bare name match used to delete a USER's own skill that happened to
// share a gstack skill name. Provenance must be proven: the .gstack-owned
// marker, a byte-identical copy of the payload source, or gen-skill-docs'
// AUTO-GENERATED header (legacy copies made before the marker existed).
test('Windows real-file leftover is removed only when provably gstack-owned', () => {
const generated = '---\nname: ship\n---\n<!-- AUTO-GENERATED from SKILL.md.tmpl — do not edit directly -->\n# ship\n';
const r = runCleanup({
isWindows: '1',
payload: true,
plant(skills, payload) {
const src = path.join(payload, 'qa');
fs.mkdirSync(src);
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(src, 'SKILL.md'), '---\nname: qa\n---\n');
plantUserSkill(skills, 'qa');
for (const name of ['qa', 'ship', 'review', 'browse']) {
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(payload, name));
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(payload, name, 'SKILL.md'), name === 'ship' ? generated : `---\nname: ${name}\n---\n`);
}
// Byte-identical copy of the payload source → ours.
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(skills, 'qa'));
fs.copyFileSync(path.join(payload, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'), path.join(skills, 'qa', 'SKILL.md'));
// Legacy copy carrying the generated header but drifted from source → ours.
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(skills, 'ship'));
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(skills, 'ship', 'SKILL.md'), generated.replace('# ship', '# ship (older render)'));
// Marker-carrying copy with arbitrary content → ours.
fs.mkdirSync(path.join(skills, 'browse'));
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(skills, 'browse', 'SKILL.md'), '---\nname: browse\n---\n# stale copy\n');
fs.writeFileSync(path.join(skills, 'browse', '.gstack-owned'), '');
// The user's OWN skill that shares a gstack name → foreign, must survive.
plantUserSkill(skills, 'review');
plantUserSkill(skills, 'my-own');
},
});
try {
expect(r.status).toBe(0);
expect(r.names).toEqual(['gstack', 'my-own']);
expect(r.names).toEqual(['gstack', 'my-own', 'review']);
expect(fs.readFileSync(path.join(r.tmp, 'skills', 'review', 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8')).toContain('user-owned');
} finally {
fs.rmSync(r.tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
}